Hose size indicator wrapper



Jan. 9, 1951 J. MERsKE 2,537,417

HOSE SIZE INDICATOR WRPPER Filed April 8, 1949 F@ 35 ff-27.5 Rig. 3

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@ oFF-MJL J/zb/Wy Patented Jan. 9, y1951 UNITED Y 2,537,4ril l HosE sIzEINDioAToR WRAPPER Lawrence J. Merske, Milwaukee, Wis.

Application April s, 1949;- serial No. 86,300

` The invention relates to a size wrapper for ladies hose or stockings.Sometimes in the packing of ladies hosiery in boxes for shipment thepackers do not carefully check the lengths of the stockings, and thewrong size sticker label is put on the stocking, and this leads toconfusion in the subsequent sale of the stockings to a purchaser. Alsothe size sticker labels sometimes come off, and the retailer has tospend' time checking -the stockings for size. Sometimes also thecustomer insists on having the stocking measured, and this takes theclerks time. The object of the present invention is tol avoid the abovenamed difiiculties by providing a size indicating device which is packedwith each pair of stockings, so that the vlength of hose may be readilychecked without any guesswork by the manufacturer or shipper, theretailer, and the customer, the device also forming a protectivecovering for the hose.

The invention further yconsists in the several features hereinafter setforth and more particularly denned by claims at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation view of a size indicator, embodying theinvention, parts being broken away;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation view of the indicator and the hose;

Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 1, showing certain modifications, partsbeing broken away;

Fig. 4 shows a plan View of a pair of stockings with the indicatorembodying the invention packed for shipment;

Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic view of the folded stockings and indicator;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view similar to Fig. 4 showing the indicator ofthe form shown in Fig. 3 packed with the hose in a box for shipment;

Fig. 7 is an enlarged detailed elevation View of a portion of theindicator.

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing certain modifications, partsbeing broken away.

Referring to the drawings, the indicator device embodying the inventioncomprises a sheet of paper or other suitable flexible wrapping inaterialwhich is preferably cut out tothe same dimensions as a stocking usuallyfurnished by the trade, for example, twenty-seven to thirty-six inches,and whose foot is cut to represent the longest length, for example, IIStandard stocking lengths usually run from 2'? to 36, and the footlength from 81/2 to 11. The stocking-form cut sheet 8 at the outer endof its leg portion Q is provided with a series of spaced sets of sizeindicating 4 claims. (crece-7) indicator and notches I0, the notchesated with a printed size indication I I.` The outer end of its footportion I2 is provided with spaced sets of size lines I3 associated witha size indication number I4. With the above arrangement the length of astandard length stocking and also its foot size can be readilyascertained by matching up the form cut sheet 8 with the stocking to bemeasured, starting with the heel l5 of the stock- 0 ing' and notingwhere the top I6 of the stocking ends with reference to the form 8 as,for example, wherel the form is cut to the dimensions of the longeststocking usually furnished by the trade, at the notches ID correspondingwith a thirtyve inch length stocking, as shown in Fig. l, and,

the vfoot size of this stocking vmay also be readily' compared to thestocking sizes It indicated on the form. Instead of cutting the form tothe longest length size there may be a series of forms cut to the leglengths of 36 to 27, respectively, and where the leg length is over 27,the shorter lengths are also indicated by the notches l0 and indicia I Ion these forms. This type of form would be used by manufacturers havinga large production. The sheet 8 is intended to be packed with each pairof stockings as by folding it with the pair of stockings as indicateddiagrammatically in Fig. 5 where the thin line Il indicates theindicator and wrapper sheet 8 and the heavy line i8 indicates thestockings. The stockings with the size indicating wrapper sheet 8 intheir folded condition are placed in a box I 9 for shipment, the boxusually being of a length that will permit showing the size lengthindications I l, as shown in Fig. 4. Instead of the wrapper sheet 8being formed of one piece it may have a composite sheet structure 20 atthe size indicating end of its leg portion, as shown in Fig. 3, whichincludes a transparent strip portion 2l of cellophane or other suitabletransparent material associated with opaque side portions 22 with setsof notches 23 and indications 24 similar to the notches It andindications I I of the first described construction, and it is to benoted the indications I I', I3, and 24 are also preferably printed onboth sides of the wrapper and indicator. Fig. 7 shows that the notches23 are formed by cutting inclined cuts 25 in thesheet meeting at a point26. Fig. 6 shows a wrapper of the type shown in Fig. 3 as packed in abox 21 with a pair of stockings, the transparent sheet 2l permitting theend of the stocking being ree dily seen and its position compared withone of the length indications 24. Instead of cutting the wrapper to theexact configuration of the leg, this wrapper may be a sheet of materialof substantially uniof each set being associc 3 form width as indicatedby the lines 28, 29, and 3u in Fig. 8 and have the heel and lower legportion 3l of the stocking printed thereon for comparison of the leglength of the stocking with the form in the same Way as the cut form.

The indicator and wrapper above described does away with the stickersusually employed which are objectionable because sometimes they come offand other times in removing them the stocking, particularly the ne gaugevariety, may. be snagged. Its use with a stocking provides an accurategauge for checking the length of the stockf` ing at the factory beforeshipment, and also permits the sales clerk and the customer' to checkthe length, resulting in fewer returns or exchanges of this type ofmerchandise.

I desire it to be understood that thiseinventionz is not to be limitedto any particular form or arl rangement of parts except in so far assuch limitations are included in the claims.

What I claim as my invention is:v l. A hose'size indicator and wrapperfor' hose of varying sizes comprising a sheet of flexiblel Wrappingmaterial in the form of al stocking having a leg length corresponding tothe length ofA the longest size hose to be wrapped, the upper part ofthe leg portion of said sheet being provided with spaced sets of notchesassociated with length indicatingindicia to permit measuring the lengthkof any hose wrapped with said sheet in' comparativesize juxtaposedrelation thereto on said sheet.

2. A hose indicator and wrapper forA hose` of. varying sizes comprisinga sheet of flexible Wrapping material in the form of 'a stockingjuxtaposable uponthe hose to be wrappedand measured. and having a leglength corresponding, to the standard length of the hose, the upper partofthe 4 leg portion of said sheet inwardly of its outer end beingprovided with spaced length indicating means and a transparent portionpermitting measuring the length of the hose juxtaposed relative to saidsheet and wrapped therewith and the viewing of the upper end of saidhose through said transparent portion.

3. A hose size indicator as defined in claim 2 having a foot portionwhose length corresponds to the lengthof the largest footsize andhasspaced size length indicia for juxtaposed comparative relation withthe hose to be measured.

4. A hose size indicator and wrapper for hose of varying-sizescomprising a sheet of iieXible Wrapping material having an outlineportion for direct alinement with the heel of the hose to be Wrappedand4 having a leg length corresponding toa standard'length of hose, theupperpart of therlegfportion of said sheet inwardly of its outer endbeing provided Wthlspaced length indicating means for visual -comparisonwithV the actual length of hosewrapped in juxtaposition therewith, saidsheetacting as an alineable measuring' means having theheelportion as adefinite starting point for measuring the length of vtheV hose wrappedwith said sheet.

LAWRENCE J. MERSKE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record inthe le of thispatent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Gregg Mar. 12, 1929l Certificate of CorrectionPatent No. 2,537 ,417 January 9, 1951 rLAWRENCE J. MERSKE It is herebycertified that error appears in the printed specification of the abovenumbered patent requiring correction as follows:

Column 2, line 17, for the word stocking read standard; column 3, line31, strike out on said sheet and that the said Letters Patent should beread as corrected above, so that the same may conform to the record ofthe case in the Patent Oilice.

Signed and sealed this 6th day of March, A. D. 1951.

[sul] THOMAS F. MURPHY,

Assistant Uammz'ssz'oner of Patents.

